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Mitt Romney apparently subscribes to the Bennett hypothesis — that increased federal spending on student aid drives up tuition. There is this sentence, in the executive summary of Romney’s white paper on education: America’s traditional community and four-year colleges are … Continue reading →

Rising tuitions have made state grants more important than ever in allaying the costs of higher education, the Brookings Institution reminds us in a new report. Therefore, the report advises, it makes sense for states to get the most bank … Continue reading →

Vermont often makes a poor showing in 50-state for higher-ed spending, as we noted again yesterday, but recently day we came across a national survey that put Vermont right near the top. This was a survey of support services to … Continue reading →

Grapevine, the compilation of state support for higher education by Illinois State University, has come out with its national tables for 2010-11, with the result Vermont has maintained the status quo – near the bottom of the barrel. In state … Continue reading →

The proposal to raise UVM’s already-high tuition by 5.8 percent next year reminded us of a blog post last week by David Leonhardt, The Times’ economics writer, with the title, “Is College Tuition Too Low?” The headline was provocative, but … Continue reading →

Gov. Shumlin didn’t have much to say about higher ed in his budget address: As Vermonters grow older, we must keep more young people in our state in order to have a workforce to train. Ensuring that young Vermonters pursue … Continue reading →

More often than many Vermonters would care to admit, California is a step ahead. A recent example is California’s aggressive climate change law coupled with its car emission limits — limits that Vermont and other states tagged along on. California … Continue reading →

Student loan default rates were announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Education. The national average was 7 percent — that is, 7 percent of the borrowers whose first loan repayments were due between Oct. 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, … Continue reading →